junglierating Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 16 hours ago, upnorth said: No doubt expensive from a bureaucratic standpoint. However, I imagine it could be done similar to this: http://www.helicopassion.com/fr/01/dax06-04.htm Just expensive mate even without the admin vortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 And we ain't got no money !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 54 minutes ago, PLC1966 said: And we ain't got no money !!! Someones got it all whoops lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 1 hour ago, junglierating said: Someones got it all whoops lol It ain't me !!! But distribution of the Treasury money pot is another story that would shut the thread in about 30 seconds !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillbill Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 OK I think I am going to invent Joint Force Osprey to get the Osprey started in UK service. It would initially have several Ospreys borrowed from US Marines or USAF. This backstory lets me use the US color scheme just a change of title to RAF and a UK serial, I guess something in the Ynxxx range as I think the X series is pretty much used up Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Don't you mean 'z'.....as in ZA298 or ZJ137as examples, Dont even like the blessed things CH53 G is the answer but I dont think it's Got the internal lift capacity for long transits.....still all that tied to 'merica stuff ITAR stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Don't you mean 'z'.....as in ZA298 or ZJ137as examples, Dont even like the blessed things CH53 G is the answer but I dont think it's Got the internal lift capacity for long transits.....still all that tied to 'merica stuff ITAR stuff. international traffic arms regs can really make your day.....not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillbill Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 I looked around a bit more and current serials go up to ZZ450. Wonder what comes next? Or I just go for ZZ 900 and reckon the RAF is not going to get hundreds more airplanes soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, billneill said: I looked around a bit more and current serials go up to ZZ450. Wonder what comes next? Or I just go for ZZ 900 and reckon the RAF is not going to get hundreds more airplanes soon. Given the current trend for personalised serials you could begin with ZZ220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 1 hour ago, billneill said: I looked around a bit more and current serials go up to ZZ450. Wonder what comes next? Or I just go for ZZ 900 and reckon the RAF is not going to get hundreds more airplanes soon. Have you tried http://www.ukserials.com? Meanwhile, there is about as much chance of the Osprey appearing with red/blue roundels on it as there is of the USAF buying Typhoons. Zero. As regards a Crowsnest fit, by the time they put the consoles and the assorted electronics gubbins into the Osprey, would there be any room for the operators? It's not as big inside as you might think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neillbill Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Well I already have a F104 in 56 squadron 'Firebird' scheme, and a Mirage IV in raspberry ripple, and a F111 in 16 squadron markings so the Osprey wont be too much of a stretch. The B47 in anti flash white is still thinking about... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I have said this on a previous post in that when inspected at Farnborough, my thoughts were that there is a lot of effort for such a small cabin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davepb Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 I think it should be 781 Sqadron in "Green Parrot" scheme - and don't forget the cocktail bar! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 A&AEE Raspberry Ripple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 3 hours ago, John_W said: A&AEE Raspberry Ripple. No chance be lucky to get half a dozen if it ever happens..raspberry ripple that's so retro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XV107 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 On 12/03/2017 at 8:26 PM, billneill said: I looked around a bit more and current serials go up to ZZ450. Wonder what comes next? Or I just go for ZZ 900 and reckon the RAF is not going to get hundreds more airplanes soon. Goes higher than that - we're up to the mid-500s in the ZZ range (plus the Rivet Joints, which use the numbers of the Nimrod R1s (thus ZZ664/665/666). The UK Serials site will tell you the cancelled serial allocations for a number of AW Wildcats which you could recycle/create a different back story for... Squadrons operating them: the rules are that a numberplate must be available and not in use (if an RAF squadron), and that the squadron must have a standard. Association with the role is useful, but not essential (see 27 becoming a Chinook squadron & 14 a Shadow R1 unit amongst others). 22 and 78 Squadrons aren't in use at the moment (78 may reappear as a reserve numberplate before too long) and would be a decent fit. Going back a bit further, 103 Squadron was a support helicopter squadron and was awarded a standard. You might also use 53 (late of the Shorts Belfast), or perhaps 46 Squadron (formerly the Andover) . The way things are at the moment, though, you'd not be surprised were a fighter or bomber numberplate applied to bring a relatively-recently disbanded squadron back onto the books, so that could give you some unlikely - but entirely plausible in terms of policy on this -options such as 19, 20, 23, 25, 208 and 216 Squadrons present themselves. All that said, I'd reckon that 22 would be a strong contender - rotary wing background (albeit SAR), senior numberplate... For the RN, you'd be looking at an 800-series numberplate and I'd offer 848, 826 and 819 as options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 On 3/12/2017 at 5:03 PM, T7 Models said: It's not as big inside as you might think. The one time I went inside one at Oshkosh, I was too distracted by the trio of young and very fit looking US Marines who all enthusiastically decided to help Mrs P strap into one of the seats to really get a good notion of internal volume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywood Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 How about ZV220 for the start of a serial block? I wouldn't worry about Squadron marks as non of the special ops Chinooks carry any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 23 hours ago, XV107 said: Goes higher than that - we're up to the mid-500s in the ZZ range (plus the Rivet Joints, which use the numbers of the Nimrod R1s (thus ZZ664/665/666). As an aside to the matter of serial numbers, I've often wondered how are they likely to evolve when ZZ999 has been issued! Any clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovis Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I heard rumours that they were just going to turn the serial numbers around: eg. 000AA, 001AA etc. But then I may have dreamt that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywood Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I think we have a long way to go before the sequence is used up, there is a lot of back filling going on (ZBxxx for Indian and Omani Hawks for instance, there are plenty of Cold War 'black out' blocks to be used up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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